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Attributed to Sandra McGuire, Chief Communication and Public Information Officer of UNMIT Dili, 19 May 2011 - Further to our statement of 18 May, let me categorically say that the document cited by Tempo Semanal on 15 May is…
- Press Releases
Dili, 3 May 2011 – Petroleum Fund revenue must target the development of the non-oil economy, especially the rural sector, in order to raise living standards, says Report. Much progress has been made in Timor-Leste in recent…
- Featured News
Bangkok , 12 April 2011 (IRIN) - Timor-Leste is on course to take on full security responsibilities after national forces officially assumed policing at end-March, according to the UN. The situation is now stable, Gyorgy…
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Dili, 1 April 2011 - Timor-Leste has begun a new chapter in the country's history, as the national police force assumed primary responsibility for law and order at the end of March. This follows five years in which the United…
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Dili, 24 March 2011 - Leprosy, a chronic disease once endemic in South East Asia, has been largely eliminated from Timor-Leste. The disease has caused the disfigurement of millions of people mainly in the developing world…
- Press Releases
Watch online Dili, 27 March 2011 - The United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT) today handed over policing responsibility from the UN police to the Policia Nacional de Timor-Leste (PNTL) at a ceremony…
- Statements
Dili, 24 March 2011 - Pillay: Fight impunity by protecting the right to the truth about gross human rights violations. Statement by the High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on the International Day for the Right to…
- Featured News
Maliana, 21 February 2011 - Delfina Fatima has been running her bakery in Maliana for a year. But she says the $500 loan she received a few months ago from one of Timor-Leste's microfinance institutions, Tuba Rai Metin, has…
- Featured News
Tibar, 25 February 2011 (IRIN) - For the past eight years, the same three have topped a UN ranking of the countries with the highest percentage of chronically malnourished children: Afghanistan (59 percent), Yemen (58 percent…
- Statements
New York, 24 February 2011 - Security Council 6487 th Meeting* (AM) 24 February 2011 Security Council Extends United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste for One Year, in Lead-Up to 2012 Parliamentary, Presidential…
- Press Releases
Dili, 23 February 2011 - Briefing to the Security Council by Ms. Ameerah Haq Special Representative of the Secretary-General 22 February 2011 Madam President, 1. Thank you for the opportunity to introduce the report of the…
- Statements
Dili, 13 January 2011 - We gather here today to remember the terrible earthquake of 12 January 2010 that devastated Haiti and claimed over 200,000 lives including 102 of our own colleagues. On that traumatic day, the lives of…